“Daharā tvaṁ rūpavatī, ahañ-ca daharo susu,
“You are a beautiful maiden, and I am a youthful man,

Pañcaṅgikena turⁱyena, eh' Ayye 'bhiramāmase.” ti
Come, Sister, let us enjoy ourselves with the fivefold musical instruments.” Comm: Pañcaṅgikenā ti ātataṁ vitataṁ ātatavitataṁ ghanaṁ susiran-ti evaṁ pañcaṅgasamannāgatena; with the five musical instruments means being endowed with the fivefold musical instruments thus: a one-faced drum, a two-faced drum, a stringed instrument, a clapper and a flute. These are translated in accordance with the sub-commentarial explanation.⁰¹

“Rūpā saddā rasā gandhā phoṭṭhabbā ca manoramā,
“Delightful forms, sounds, tastes, smells and touches,

Niyyātayāmi tuyheva, Māra nāhaṁ tĕnatthikā.
I assign (them) to you, Comm: niyyātayāmi tuyhevā ti sabbe tuyhaṁ yeva demi; I assign (them) to you means I surely give all of them to you. ⁰² Māra, I am not seeking for that.

Iminā pūtikāyena, bhindanena pabhaṅgunā,
With this putrid body, Comm: pūtikāyenā ti suvaṇṇavaṇṇo pi kāyo niccaṁ uggharitapaggharitaṭṭhena pūtikāyo va, tasmā evam-āha; with (this) putrid body means this golden-coloured body is a putrid body which is always oozing and trickling, therefore this is said.⁰³ which is brittle Comm: bhindanenā ti bhijjanasabhāvena; brittle means having the nature of brittleness.⁰⁴ and frail, Comm: pabhaṅgunā ti cuṇṇavicuṇṇaṁ āpajjanadhammena; frail means having the nature to undergo being crushed to pieces.⁰⁵

Aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi, kāmataṇhā samūhatā.
I am distressed Comm: aṭṭīyāmī ti aṭṭā pīḷitā homi; I am distressed means I am grieved and harassed.⁰⁶ and ashamed, Comm: harāyāmī ti lajjāmi; I am ashamed means I am abashed.⁰⁷ and have rooted up sensual craving.

Ye ca rūpūpagā sattā, ye ca arūpaṭhāyino,
There are beings who reached form, and those in the formless state,

Yā ca santā samāpatti sabbattha vihato tamo.” ti
(But) those who have attained to peace Comm: santā samāpattī ti aṭṭhavidhā lokiyasamāpatti ārammaṇasantatāya aṅgasantatāya ca santā ti vuttā; attained to peace means it is said that in eight ways the mundane attainments bring peacefulness to the limbs and to sense-objects. This is interpreting the last line as referring to only mundane attainments, which doesn't make good sense to me; there is evidently a contrast intended in the verse between those still attached to sense pleasures, form and the formless, with those (referred to in the last line) who have gone beyond.⁰⁸ have destroyed darkness everywhere.” Comm: sabbatthā ti sabbesu rūpārūpabhavesu, tesaṁ dvinnaṁ bhavānaṁ gahitattā gahite kāmabhave aṭṭhasu ca samāpattīsū ti. Etesu sabbesu ṭhānesu mayhaṁ avijjātamo vihato ti vadati; everywhere means in all the form and formless worlds, the grasping nature of these two worlds and the eight attainments grasped-at in the sensual world. For me the darkness of ignorance is destroyed in these places, is what is said.⁰⁹